Women Fourth, Men Sixth At Big Tens

Sunday, May 17

Lincoln, Neb.

8:10 AM

University of Washington

Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Reuben Reina on the podium at 2026 Big Tens

May 17, 2026 | Track & Field

Complete Results

By: UW Athletic Communications

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Husky women's track & field team scored its most points at a conference championship meet since 1998 this weekend, totaling 88 points to finish fourth in the Big Ten, just four points out of second. The UW men earned a sixth-place finish for the second year in a row, and were the only team to score in every distance running event.

Washington added three more runner-up silvers to its top-three medalist list today, as Jimmy Rhoads took second in the men's pole vault, and Julia David-Smith and Reuben Reina each took second in the women's and men's 5,000-meters, respectively.

The Huskies finished with three individual titles, all on the women's side and all from Friday, six second-place finishes, and a trio of third-place finishes for a total of 12 top-three podium spots.

Washington finishes its second Big Ten Championships in fourth-place on the women's side with 8?8? points.

Just 4 points out of second-place, and the most points the women have scored at a conference championships since 1998.#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/e0j0QAmYSo
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 17, 2026

Rhoads Soars To Silver

Huge winds affected all the events today at Nebraska Outdoor Track, but no other event than the pole vault was sending athletes two stories into the air. Still, the conference's best stepped up and put on a show, with six men going over 18 feet and the top four all clearing at least 18-5.

Jimmy Rhoads put himself in that top-four with a second-attempt make at 18-5 1/4. The competition then hinged on his third attempt at 18-9 1/4, where Rhoads was sitting in fourth-place, and Nebraska's Dyson Wicker the only vaulter to have cleared that height. Rhoads came through with the third-attempt make to move up into second, and keep the title in play. The bar went to 19-1. Wicker, jumping first, missed all three of his attempts. Rhoads had his third-attempt knowing a make would win it, but despite his best jump, he just slightly clipped the bar and not much was staying up with the stiff winds.

Rhoads and Wicker were both above the previous Meet Record.

David-Smith, Reina Close Strong In 5k

The final individual events of the weekend were the 5,000-meter races, with Huskies in each race going right down to the wire fighting for the victory.

In the women's race, Julia David-Smith was in a lead pack of 10 women for the latter stages of the race. Heading into the final lap, six women were still within one second. David-Smith was fifth coming around the final turn, but she and Oregon's Dalia Frias were the only ones with a lot left in the tank. They both pulled away from the rest of the leaders but Frias had started her move just a bit earlier and from farther ahead and she held on to win, 16:58.74 to 16:58.99 for David-Smith.

What a kick from Julia David-Smith!!

She powers to ?? in the 5,000-meters, a career-best conference finish#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/6ZXxwRCGrW
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 17, 2026

It's the best conference finish of David-Smith's career, and the second-straight 5k runner-up for the women at Big Tens, after Amina Maatoug a year ago. Also in the women's race, Abby DeVeau doubled back from her 10k bronze medal to finish ninth overall in 17:09.21.

The men's race also came down to a late kick, with Reuben Reina among three men pulling away down the final 100-meters. Reina was agonizingly close to the win, edged out by just 0.15 seconds, and he was 0.05 seconds ahead of third-place. Reina's silver in the 5k came just a few hours after he ran the 1,500-meters final, where he finished in fourth. The 13 combined points Reina scored today made him the top point scorer on the Husky squad.

Also in the men's 5k, Nathan Neil had a strong 10th-place finish in 14:21.47 and Tyrone Gorze was right behind him in 11th in 14:22.23. James Crabtree placed 15th in 14:31.21 and Jamar Distel was 21st overall.

Hurdling To The Podium

The Huskies picked up points in both the women's 100m hurdles and men's 400m hurdles finals, from Sofia Cosculluela and Jonathan Frazier.

Cosculluela, a day after taking third-place in the long jump, ran a blazing-fast time of 13.16 seconds to place fifth and pick up another four team points, giving her 10 total for the meet. It came with a huge +4.9 tailwind, so won't count in the recordbooks, but still was her fastest ever time regardless of conditions.

Frazier had a tough assignment running out of lane one in the 400m hurdle finals. He snagged eighth-place to pick up one team point in a time of 52.58.

Mid-Distance Crew Shines

The first individual final of the day was the women's 1,500-meters, with All-Americans Chloe Foerster and Mia Cochran among the contenders. Foerster was seventh entering the final lap, but picked up three spots to finish fourth in 4:19.85, while Cochran took eighth in the 12-woman field in 4:24.41.

The men had three in the 1,500-meter final. The tactical race was run at a pedestrian pace for three laps before an all-out 400-meter sprint. Reina took fourth in 4:01.86, less than a second away from the win. Tyler Bilyard took sixth in 4:02.73, and Thom Diamond was 10th in 4:03.25.

In the 800-meters, Foerster doubled back after her 1,500m run and turned in another two-lap all-out effort. She took sixth in 2:05.89, and freshman Chloe Symon was eighth in 2:06.99 for her first B1G point. Foerster's five points in the 1,500m and three in the 800m gave her eight for the day.

Sophomore Martin Barco got the Dawgs another three points in the men's 800-meter final, as he placed sixth overall in a time of 1:48.25.

Dawg Bites

Junior Trevontay Smith earned a third-straight top-five finish at the conference meet in the triple jump. He had a wind-aided 52-foot leap today to finish fifth overall, after placing fourth last season. Tim Luebbert was 16th with a season-best 48-11, wind-aided. Roman Hutchinson had three fouls.
In the women's triple jump, junior Ava Washburn also used the strong tailwinds to jump a career-best 41-8 3/4, with a +3.3 tailwind. That was good for 12th overall. Freshman Addy Kelly had a wind-aided 39-11 1/4, and Rachel Bir had three fouls.
Leland Lieberg cleared the second bar of the high jump competition, going 6-8 1/4, but went out at the next height, and finished tied for 12th.
Yvonne Colson had a PR in the women's discus, going 153-10 to finish 21st.
The final Dawgs of the weekend on the track were the women's 4x400 crew, and they finished 10th overall with a season-best time. Mikayla Gardley, Anna Terrell, Jenica Swartz, and Chloe Symon teamed to go 3:43.84
The hardest moment of the day for the Dawgs was Alex Rhodes stumbling and having to pull up in the final of the men's 400-meters, where he was one of the favorites and out very well along the backstretch. Ranked in the top-10 nationally, Rhodes will hope to recover and get back for NCAA Prelims.

Top-5 in the triple jump for the third-straight year for Trevontay Smith at outdoor Big Tens/Pac-12s #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/NgW5cGIC0u
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) May 17, 2026

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